The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-09-23


is not by nature so accurate. Disorl
ganixed by sin. its views of life and
character are distorted. Hence, II
does not appreciate work of grace in
the heart, does not see the beauty and
blesscdness of pious life. The man
| trusting in the Lord and serving Him
is not always as attractive in the world
as fresh and living tree is to the
physical eye. The prophets suffered
hard things at the hands of the men Of
their day. Jesus Christ. the perfect
One, embodying before men the divine
and the holy, was hated. misrepre-
| scented, cast out as an abOmination,
and hung upon the cross ~ malefac-
tor. The apostles were treated as dis
turbers of the peace. Many of the
purest and noblest in the church of God
since their day have suffered grievously
at the hands of their generations.
Thousands more have endured con-
tempt and neglect. A God-fearing
soul. enlightened in conscience and re-
fusing to 90 with the multitude to evil,
is often a most aggrevating spectacle
to society. The perverted moral sight
of the natural man fails to see the glory
of such character and the usefulness
of such a life.
But there will be true appreciation.
nevertheless. Subsequent years of
generations may bring it about. In
the day of Christ the Jews were gar
nishing the sepulchers of the prophets
whom the fathers slew. Dead heroes
Of Righteousness and truth now shine
as stars in the sky of many past gem
Grafton. The pure. godly, steadfast
Christian believer finds his applause
too often here below rs he leaves his
ncighbOrhoOd or the world. But it
will surely come. As Christian senti-
ment increases and Christian principle
reigns, there will be a reader and
fuller appreciation and admiration Of
Christian character and gr;lces. But
in the life to come, when the perver-
sions of n corrupt moral sight shall
have passed away and in the clear at
mosphere of Gods presence. the right
eous shall stand forth the wonder and
admiration of all Heaven.
One of the grand features in the SER
vice required of the Christian here be-
low is just to stand in the place where
God has planted him. and grow up in
the beauty of holiness and yield the
fruits of the Spirit. The Christian who
mourns lack of ability and oppor-
tunity, and who seems to himself to be
doing nothing for his Lord. may see
here how greatly he mistakes his call
ing. To live Christ, to show the power
of faith and the practical working Of
Christian truth in himself, to show the
beauty of the Christian spirit and the
sweetness of its temper. and the noble
ness of its characteristics is the chief
way to gloryfy God and advance His
kingdom in the world. To just grow
up before men as \ tree by living
waters. flourishing in the grand proper
tons of Christian manhood and full
of good fruits-this is the most effective
tribute to the redemption of the world;
men seeing your good works, this fruit
of a good tree. will gloryfy your Father
in Heaven. And so let all Christians
abide in faith by the living waters of
Christ. and receive their daily refresh
ment. the spirit of the Word spreading
abroad in the soul the gladness of
Gods love and grace, and the blessed
inward experience appearing in the
personal and outward life. and they
will not fail to do effective service in
the world and to achieve exalted HON
-IntcriOr